Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 393

The Kingdom of Ryukyu soon boiled over. After Zheng's private army defeated the military power of the Satsuma Domain, the Ryukyu people who had suffered from the Japanese for a long time, whether they were nobles or civilians, joined the riots against the Japanese.Many Japanese who were not Satsuma at all were killed in the street and their properties were robbed. The Ryukyu Kingdom also lacked the power to restrain them and indulge these Ryukyu people to vent their anger.

When Zheng Chenggong came to the Ryukyu Palace, the excited Ryukyu King Shangzhi even knelt down to Zheng Chenggong: "His Royal Highness Ying Wang, Xiao Wang thanked the Ming Dynasty for his kindness in rebuilding the Ryukyu and helped me restore the Ryukyu country."

Zheng Chenggong accepted Shangzhi's gift very frankly, and then he helped Shangzhi up, and said: "Ryukyu is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty will naturally protect you, provided that you are loyal to Ming Dynasty and accept the laws of Ming Dynasty."

Shangzhi nodded frantically, and agreed: "Xiao Wang will definitely cooperate with the Xuanfu envoys sent by Daming to govern Ryukyu. My Ryukyu people are crude and contemptible, and far less virtuous and capable than the people of the Celestial Dynasty. The development of Ryukyu depends mostly on people from Daming. Today, Daming It is the great fortune of Ryukyu to send good ministers and wise men to govern Ryukyu and spread advanced culture to educate Ryukyu. The Holy Son of Heaven restores the emperor's grace, and the Ryukyu people have nothing to repay for generations. They can only be loyal and be loyal ministers of Ming Dynasty!"

Shangzhi had thought it through long ago. Although Daming wanted to take away the ruling power of Ryukyu, the current situation in Ryukyu was also controlled by the Satsuma clan, and it was in a state of whatever it wanted.However, Ryukyu became part of Ming Dynasty and became an internal vassal state. The status of the Ryukyu royal family was protected, and its quality would be very well respected, and it was allowed to go to Daming to work, study and live.In the model treaty brought by Zheng Chenggong, Ming also promised to guarantee the interests of the Ryukyu Kingdom, so that the people could have food and clothing, not be threatened by foreign aggression, and enjoy the dignity and status of Ming citizens as a tributary state of the Ming Dynasty.

If it is an independent country, it may feel that this kind of treaty does not have much meaning, but Ryukyu has quickly slipped into the abyss of subjugation. The Japanese not only captured the Ryukyu royal family as hostages, but also humiliated and plundered in every possible way. Wealth, Ryukyu is unbearable.

Accepting Da Ming's protection now and becoming a part of Da Ming's internal vassals is already considered an excellent condition.

On the third day after Zheng Jia's private army wiped out the Satsuma feudal vassals, three warships of the Ming Navy and several troop carriers arrived at Shuri Port.All the military power of Ming to intervene in Ryukyu and deal with Japan has been fully in place, and the Xuan Fu envoy and the Ming officials who established the Xuan Fu Division are also on board these ships, and Ming will actually start to rule and manage the Ryukyu Islands.

Lian Yitong, the envoy of Xuan Fu, was the son of Lian Chengbi, a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and became a civil servant of the Ming Dynasty after being admitted to the Imperial Academy.Being promoted as a Xuanfu envoy is considered a high-profile match, and it also means kindness.However, even Yitong himself performed very well in the Imperial College and during his internship, and was quite talented in business affairs, so he was able to get the position of Xuanfu envoy.

Of course, as a small Ryukyu country, it is impossible to match the Xuanfu envoys to some of the larger and richer provinces and Xuanweisi of the Ming Dynasty. They must use lower-rank officials.

Lian Yitong saluted Zheng Chenggong and Shangzhi respectfully, and then began to explain how the work of the Xuanfu Department of the Great Ming Ryukyu was carried out.

"... Ryukyu has a superior geographical location and can be used as a transshipment center in the East China Sea to communicate maritime trade between Ming, North Korea, and Japan. Ryukyu is a small place with few people, and it only needs to grasp the maritime trade, and it will have a lot to do. After the next official is ready to take office, first of all Strengthen the port facilities in Ryukyu, and arrange various businesses including finance, ship maintenance, warehousing, commercial services, etc. At the same time, the Ming Navy also hopes to establish a military facility in Ryukyu to maintain the stability of our Daming East China Sea.”

Even Shang Zhi didn't quite understand what Yitong said, but Shang Zhi could tell that this envoy really regarded the governance of Ryukyu as a very important matter.

In fact, the development strategy of using Ryukyu as an important transshipment center and sea trade transfer station was proposed by Bai Mingxiu, and he even proposed a more radical policy, which is to use Ryukyu as a free port on the East China Sea, and ships will not be charged for entering and leaving. Tariffs, but for other services, such as ship repairs, renting warehouses, and using ports, you need to pay.

Shang Zhi said: "Thanks to Lian Xuanfu's hard work, it is a blessing for Ryukyu to have talented people like you."

Even Yitong said a few polite words.

After Shangzhi left, Zheng Chenggong said to Lian Yitong, "Is there anything else to say, Your Majesty?"

Lian Yitong said: "Your Majesty, please relax. Before you leave, Your Majesty ordered that the affairs of Japan should be entirely up to King Ying's idea. Daming will fully support it. In addition, if you need the help of the Ryukyu Xuanfu Division, your Majesty's side I will also do my best.”

Zheng Chenggong nodded: "The Ryukyu Propaganda Department is newly established to quell chaos and build order. As for Japan, what this king has to do is to start another Warring States era. Now Ming Dynasty is building everywhere, and everything In the process of industrialization, His Majesty can send the navy and marines to Japan to help me Zheng Damu to complete this matter. Zheng Damu's death is already hard to report. Only by being careful, we can cultivate a good situation and return the Eastern Kingdom of Japan to my Daming. The Eastern Xia State is under the full control of our empire."

Lian Yitong was a little curious and asked, "What is King Ying going to do?"

Zheng Chenggong looked calm: "There is no one else. We only use war to support war. Use the wealth of Japan to fill the military resources of our Daming Dongying Fan Army; use Japanese samurai to fill our Daming Dongying Fan Army's fighters."

The marines of the two battalions and the fleet of the navy will not be completely handed over to Zheng Chenggong, but Zheng Chenggong has the right to recruit and command them.What Zheng Chenggong really wanted to build was an Dongying fan army, based on his Zheng family army, with officers from the regular army of the Ming army as instructors, and local Japanese as soldiers, to build a force that could fight.

This is not easy. After all, the Zheng family can be regarded as outsiders, but as early as Zheng Zhilong's era, they actually had a certain business in Japan. Zheng Chenggong's younger brother even now uses a Japanese name to manage the wealth and power of the Zheng family in Japan.

Zheng Chenggong turned around and asked his younger brother Zheng Xingying, and said, "How about Jiro's recruitment of Japanese ronin? Besides, the group of Japanese Christians recruited from the Portuguese in Macau should also be in place."

Zheng Shengying nodded and said: "Yes, Jiro sent a letter. He has recruited more than [-] Japanese ronin, and we have recruited more than [-] Japanese Christians who have been suppressed. It's just that these people have not yet accepted the real truth. Military training is not very useful."

Zheng Chenggong said: "Time is precious. Enter Nagasaki first, and then organize and train the vassal army. This will make a good start for this conquest of Dongying."

(End of this chapter)